Éric Beaumont, Ph. D.
Chercheur adjoint, Département de chirurgie, Université de Montréal
Téléphone : 514 338-2222, poste 2735
Télécopieur : 514 338-2694
Formation et titres de compétences
Doctorat (neurophysiologie), Université de Montréal, 2003
Domaine, thèmes et intérêts de recherche
Réparation suite à une lésion médullaire traumatique.
Prix et distinctions
- 2005 Best scientific presentation (1500$), Rolipram maintain axonal conductivity across a cervical spinal cord contusion injury and promote locomotion recovery POES, Hotel Dieu Hospital, University of Montreal, Canada
- 2002 Best scientific presentation (1000$), Passive exercise and foetal spinal cord transplant both help to restore motoneuronal properties after spinal cord transection in rats
POES, Maisonneuve General Hospital, University of Montreal, Canada
Publications
Beaumont E, Whitaker CM, Wells MJ, Magnuson DSK, Hetman M and Onifer SM. Rolipram Maintains Axonal Conductivity across Adult Rat Cervical Spinal Cord Contusion Injury and Promotes Locomotion Recovery. Neuroscience, in press, see pubmed, 2009.
Lesage. F, Brieu N, Dubeau, S, Beaumont E. Optical imaging of vascular and metabolic responses in the lumbar spinal cord after T10 transection in rats. Neurosci Lett. 2009; 454(1):105-9
Dery MA, Rousseau G, Benderdour M, Beaumont E. Atorvastatin prevents early apoptosis after thoracic spinal cord contusion injury and promotes locomotion recovery. Neurosci Lett. 2009; 453(1):73-6
Beaumont E, Cloutier FC, Rouleau D, Beaumont P. Chondroitinase ABC and Acute Electrical Stimulation are Beneficial for Muscle Reinnervation after Sciatic Nerve Transection in Rats. 2009 Restorative neurology and neuroscience, in press.
Beaumont E, Kaloustian S, Cormery B. Training improves the electrophysiological properties of lumbar neurons and locomotion after a thoracic spinal cord injury in rats. Neurosci Res. 2008 62(3):147-54.
Whitaker, CM, Beaumont E, Magnuson DSK, Onifer SM. Rolipram Attenuates Acute Oligodendrocyte Death in the Adult Rat Ventrolateral Funiculus following a Contusive Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Neurosci Lett. 2008 438(2):200-4.
Beaumont E, Onifer SM, Reed WR and Magnuson DSK. Magnetically evoked inter-enlargement response: An assessment of ascending propriospinal fibers following spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2006 201(2):428-40.
Mansouri, S, Cuie, Y, Winnik, F, Shi, Q, Lavigne, P, Benderdour, M, Beaumont E and Fernandes, JC. Characterization of folate-chitosan-DNA nanoparticles for gene therapy. Biomaterials. 2005 27: 2060-2065.
Gardiner P, Beaumont E and Cormery B. Motoneurones "learn" and "forget" physical activity. Can J Appl Physiol 30, 352-370, 2005.
Cormery B, Beaumont E, Csukly K and Gardiner P. Hindlimb unweighting for two weeks alters physiological properties of rat hindlimb motoneurones. J Physiol 568 (pt3), 841-850, 2005.
Étudiants et stagiaires
- Simon Dubeau, Ph. D.
- Edgar Guevara Codina, Ph. D.
Collaborateurs
Frédéric Lesage, École polytechnique de Montréal
Subventions
- FRSQ-ONF (140 000 $), Enhancing Mobility for Persons with SCI through a Concerted Translational Rehabilitation Research Approach. (co-PI) 2007
- Trauma (60 000$ ), Funding from the Research Center and Trauma, Sacré-Coeur Hospital, Montreal. Use of statins in patients with spinal cord injury. (PI) 2008
- NSERC (127 500 $), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for 3 years. Multimodal imaging and neuronavigation for rain research. Partnership with Rogue Research inc. (co-PI) 2009
